The Soccer Thread

[wolf stansson]

So many early, weak yellows in today's MLS games. Has to be a mandate from PRO. Weird. Ref it the same way you do all year.

[USSoccer]

The ref in the NY/NER game was...not good. Too many blown decisions.

 

Kevin Stott needs to let SSFC and LAG play. These are the best two teams in the league, and both teams are just playing their game. Just let the players play; maybe one of those yellows in the first half was justified.

[shnsajax]

Sounds like Sony along with Emirates are now officially done with Fifa.

[wolf stansson]

Lol, Emirates?!

[Guest]

City got a bit of a lifeline with Roma and CSKA tying today. Had one of those two won, City would have needed to beat Bayern to stay alive.

 

Now they can lose to or tie Bayern and still have a shot (though a loss would require them to beat Roma by at least three goals in Rome).

[Guest]

And there's a second lifeline for City. Aguero taken down in the box, penalty for City and red card for Bayern.

 

Still have to not blow this and get some sort of result in Rome but the road just got a lot easier.

 

EDIT: LOL City. Lead blown by halftime. Bayern 2-1 up.

[Guest]

Two terrible mistakes by Bayern (Alonso and Boetang) in the last 10 minutes gives City a 3-2 win.

[wolf stansson]

Seattle just found another gear. 1-1 on agg. Look like they are going to pour it on.

[wolf stansson]

Seattle just found another gear. 1-1 on agg. Look like they are going to pour it on.

Yep. 2-1. Deuce got crunk.

[USSoccer]

Seattle just found another gear. 1-1 on agg. Look like they are going to pour it on.

Yep. 2-1. Deuce got crunk.

 

Still not sold on SSFC's mids holding up. This game won't end 2-0

[USSoccer]

Martins taking that ball off Clint's foot is huge now. Seattle needs a 3rd.

[wolf stansson]

Wholesale cm changes for SS. Gordon on for LA to throw some bows.

[USSoccer]

Come on Seattle.

[wolf stansson]

Do either of these teams have a chance against the Revs?

[USSoccer]

Do either of these teams have a chance against the Revs?

 

LA does. If Seattle find a winner that game will end 5-4.

[wolf stansson]

Go Landon. Shitty way to end a season, though.

[USSoccer]

Well that [expletive] sucks.

[wolf stansson]

I can't wait to see the LA Instagram hijinx Jermeezus gets up to. Especially if they win it.

[USSoccer]

I hope NER hang 5 on them.

[Exile on Waveland]

Watched the game last. I don't watch as much MLS as some of the posters here, but that was a really good game and the quality of play was so much higher than critics would lead one to believe.

[wolf stansson]

Keep in mind that Seattle plays in Century Link Field which has a garbage playing surface for soccer. The level of skill on the field was even hampered by the crazy bounces. Games there always start out choppy and then the players settle in.

 

MLS is a fun league and misrepresented by agendas for and against. It's super competitive, it's fast paced and totally worth supporting in some way. It's not the game played at the highest level, but it's high enough to not roll your eyes like the Euro-only fans do. It's also not as high a level as the hyper-sensitive/inferiority complexed MLS fan boys will tell you. It's rules are constantly being changed and the owners rule with unheard of control in professional sports. There's a lot that needs to change and the changes are going to cause some work stoppages and acrimony at some point, but when the games are being played, they're worth watching and the players are worth the price of admission or two hours of your time.

 

Also, Robbie Rogers absolutely deserves a call up in the January camp. I'll be proud to see the US lead the way in having the first openly gay athlete represent it's men's national team.

[shnsajax]

Hoping Seattle can fix the field for the Copa America and the next cycle of Qualifying. With the exception of Columbus I'm not sure I would rather see the Nats play in person anywhere else.

[wolf stansson]

Further proof that the Sounders are supported like any big league team in Seattle: There are fans who think Sigi Schmid should be fired. If you have lots of fans, lots of them are morons.

[wolf stansson]

RSL fans so aggressively angry that Bill Hamid won MLS GK of the year that Rimando had to tell them to chill, Tim Howard accusing Brad Friedel of trying to block his move to Man United, Friedel freaking out and threatening litigation to clear his good name...lots of drama around US keepers today.

 

I can't wait to read that Brad Guzan TP'd Sean Johnson's house or something.

[wolf stansson]

Adrian Hanauer said Yedlin is heading over to Tottenham before Christmas, so it sounds like the passport worked out.